The Lakes of Northern Minnesota Are Home to Many Similar

question 13

Multiple Choice

The lakes of northern Minnesota are home to many similar species of damselflies of the genus Enallagma that have apparently undergone speciation from ancestral stock since the last glacial retreat about 10,000 years ago. Sequencing which of the following would probably be most useful in sorting out evolutionary relationships among these closely related species?

• A) nuclear DNA
• B) mitochondrial DNA
• C) small nuclear RNA
• D) ribosomal RNA
• E) amino acids in proteins

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Major Structure

The most stable or predominant conformation or configuration of a molecule among all possible alternatives.

Major Structure

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